title: Family therapy in the hospital treatment of children and adolescents.
abstract: Psychiatric hospitalization is sometimes necessary for seriously symptomatic or out-of-control children and adolescents. In the past, individual therapists, hospital therapists, and family therapists thought that family therapy and individual hospital treatment could not be combined effectively. Today, however, family involvement, participation, and therapy are considered essential components of short-term and extended hospital treatment for young people. The author presents Bowen family systems theory as a basis for informed family therapy in a psychiatric hospital setting. Bowen therapy with patients and close family members elicits significant information, reduces tension, expands options, and facilitates solutions for young patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Children's Division, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS 66601-0829.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hyland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012947:Social Work